Memorias de investigación
Communications at congresses:
Advanced characterization of multijunction solar cells with electroluminescence
Year:2009

Research Areas
  • Electronics engineering

Information
Abstract
Characterization is a key process in attaining high efficiency in state-of-the-art multijunction solar cells. However, the characterization of these devices using methods involving optical excitation and measurements of optical response is challenging and time consuming. For instance the experimental access to information about individual subcells is difficult to attain with common methods. This work will present how the characterization of these devices benefits from the use of electroluminescence spectroscopy (EL). In this study we use a low cost EL set-up ¿which could be easily integrated in any in-line characterization tool at a manufacturing site¿ to derive the individual performance of each subcell in the multijunction stack. Using electroluminescence measurements, the external quantum efficiency of each subcell, the current-voltage curve of each subcell and the individual quality factors of each subcell are calculated.
International
Si
Congress
2009 Spanish Conference on Electron Devices
960
Place
Santiago de Compostela
Reviewers
Si
ISBN/ISSN
978-1-4244-2839-7
Start Date
11/02/2009
End Date
13/02/2009
From page
390
To page
393
2009 Spanish Conference on Electron Devices
Participants

Research Group, Departaments and Institutes related
  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Semiconductores III-V
  • Centro o Instituto I+D+i: Instituto de Energía Solar
  • Departamento: Electrónica Física